15 May 2014: More than 1,500 delegates registered for the World Tunnel Congress WTC2014 hosted by ITA
Member Nation Brazil at Iguassu Falls. A technical session, that included an ITA Open Session to explore the
interrelationship between civil tunnelling and the underground mining industry, and an exhibition of more than 190
stands that provided networking and information sharing, was appreciated by the internationals as well as those from
other countries of South America. Norway was elected to host WTC2017 after the international delegations meet next year
in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in May 2015 and in San Francisco, USA in 2016.